Watertime's City in Time study  study explores the historical aspects of Watertime's 29 case study cities, looking at the long-term historical consequences of decisions made on these cities' water and sanitation systems. It has now been published as a book.

Petri S. Juuti & Tapio S. Katko (eds), Water, Time and European Cities:History matters for the Futures

A printed version is available: a limited number of copies can be requested from: Dr. Tapio S. Katko, Tampere University of Technology, Box 541, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland.
 

Watertime's 29 case studies, 13 National Context Reports, City in Time, International and European Context, and the Analytical Framework and Final Synthesis reports are all available from this website. 

The 29 case studies examine decision-making on water systems in 29 European cities, focussing on the last ten to fifteen years, against the background of the National Context Reports: case studies of 29 cities and national context reports . The International and European Context Report examines the background of international factors, including EU legislation and policies, international financial institutions, and the activity of multinational companies. The parallel City in Time study explores the historical aspects of the 29 case studies, looking at the long-term historical consequences of decisions made on these cities' water and sanitation systems. The Final Synthesis collates information from all the studies of the project and analyses the results in accordance with the analytical framework

See  Reports page for overviews and to download the reports, or click on the map below
 

The final workshop of the Watertime Project was held at the University of Greenwich on 25th November 2005.  The report and presentations, together with reports and presentations form other workshops, are available at  Watertime workshops including final workshop Greenwich November 2005

A series of presentations were made by a number of invited speakers, followed by discussions, which included the participation of the steering committee as well as Watertime partners and visiting experts. The topics were planned to address the themes of participation and transparency.

A range of presentations on decision-making from stakeholders and experts provided a valuable contribution to Watertime's understanding of decision-making in practice. Contributions included presentations on a variety of forms of urban water supply management - municipal, private concession, and public-private partnership, as well as on the establishment of a supramunicipal water and sewage company in Finland.

Contributions included presentations on participatory decision-making in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the use of participatory budgeting in Cordoba, Spain, as well as presentations from Madrid's water utility, Canal de Isabel II, and Aguas de Barcelona's Agbar Foundation.

The workshop saw presentations from a range of stakeholders (including the UK's water regulator, Ofwat, and the French association of regies, FNCCR), as well as from external experts and from members of WaterTime's Steering Committee.

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